The works of Virgil translated into English prose, . as near the original as the different idioms of the Latin and English languages will allow. With the Latin text and order of construction in the opposite page; and ... a very great number of notes intirely new. ... In two volumes. ...
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1743
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3010817.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1. ([16],xlviii,227,[1],199,[1]) . 8vo.. Provenance: Armorial bookplate: Mary Lady Hervey [i.e. Mary Lepel, Lady Hervey (1696-1768)]. Manuscript inscriptions: Mary Hervey and M: Hervey [i.e. Mary Lepel, Lady Hervey (1696-1768)]. Binding: Eighteenth-century quarter calf; marbled paper over boards; rebacked and with corner repairs in morocco; sewn on five raised bands.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC) Joseph Davidson (d.1753)